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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Evolutionary Biology (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region

2 Ranked Colleges
10 Degrees Awarded
$8,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 699 people earned their degree in evolutionary biology, making the major the 502nd most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 16 evolutionary biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 evolutionary biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in evolutionary biology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great evolutionary biology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the evolutionary biology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree evolutionary biology students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Evolutionary Biology (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region

#1

Colby College

Waterville, Maine
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colby College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Waterville, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s evolutionary biology students in 2019-2020.

Colby also took the #2 spot in our “Best Evolutionary Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $3,467 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Evolutionary Biology students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Colby.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#2

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeastern University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Evolutionary Biology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s evolutionary biology students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree evolutionary biology students whose families make $30-$48k list, Northeastern has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Evolutionary Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Northeastern University is $12,823 for new england region bachelor’s degree evolutionary biology students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The low student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Evolutionary Biology at Northeastern University

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

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Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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